Dear Reader: If you have not read my previous 3 stories I suggest you read them in the order listed below at the story is told in a backward manner as Samsara remember's the reason's she stayed with the Alliance and how she unlocked her true potential to stand up to Arcann and Vaylin. Please click on my name to find the 3 stories listed below to read them in order of my Saga.
Story 1: 300 Years to Say Goodbye
Story 2: Beyond The Veil
Story 3: Vision's In The Dark
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Revan's Heir
When Jorgan and Kaliyo returned to the Alliance base people had moved to greet them but the air was tense as Jorgan had a look that could kill on his face. Kaliyo seemed to realize she had most likely over stepped her bounds as she carried in something and for Jorgan he had a few droids come to claim the bodies of his dead Havoc Squad.
Samsara was in the Cantina playing a friendly game of Pazaak with Lana who was losing rather fast to her. "I never knew you liked this game." Lana said.
"My father taught it to me. My mother never approved. Said it was a useful trick to count numbers in your head to block out people." Sam said as she laid down her cards and pushed them towards Lana. "Pure Pazaak." She winked.
"Damnit! You have to be cheating!" Lana said, though with the outfit Sam had chosen to keep wearing it was next to impossible for her to pull one out of the sleeve.
"Sorry Lana, but your eyes give you away of what you'll play next." She smirked as she sat back in the chair relaxing. She been in and out of Koloto tanks the last two days and finally felt like a human again.
"So when are you and Theron planning to marry?" Lana asked gathering up the cards.
"He wants to do it soon, but I have something I need to take care of myself before I will let myself become his wife. I need to confront Revan and learn from him if I will pass whatever tests he has for me. He is the only one that can help me now and I need to confront the man my ancestor served so loyally it got her killed." She looked Lana directly in the eyes sensing the air around her change. "I saw power that night Lana, Revan used on Yavin...You remember just as well as I do how strong he was..." She looked at her hands. "I felt that same power come from me. If I can learn whatever he did. Just maybe I can get the power we need to change the war and defeat Arcann and Vaylin."
Lana pressed her lips tougher not really keen on the idea. She remembered that power of Revan's and how it hurt for days after as well. "I don't think you should learn his power, their has to be another way. You are a Sith Lord and you are the strongest user in the Darkside." Lana argued.
"Let's be honest Lana...I'm not much of a Sith anymore. Ever since you've saved me-you and I have seen my corruption from the dark side fading from my body. All that lingers in that amber color around my eyes at times when I'm unable to control my rage. If the Revanite way is the path I must endure, than that is the path I must take to obtain a greater power to protect the Galaxy and those I care about."
"You will go mad." Lana said it so quickly she was unable to stop herself. "I'm sorry, I overstepped my place."
"Than put me down before I lose myself, because if I stay as I am now Lana...I will go mad." Those pale colored eyes we're serious as they locked on Lana's amber colored eyes.
Lana moved to say something, but both women we're drawn away from their talk as Theron, Senya, and Koth appeared. "What's wrong?"
"You might want to come and see for yourself." Koth said.
"I got a feeling it's bad news..." Samsara said as she felt the tense air about them and looked to Theron who simply nodded at her remark.
Moving to the hanger bay where the soldiers trained and ships could come and go the original creators of the Alliance moved through the hallways of the base until it was clear why the air was so tense now. Three covered bodies lay on the floor and in the room was Kaliyo and Jorgan. "This is all your fault! Because of you I lost good people!" He snapped.
"I told you bucket heads to stay out of my way! I had it under control!" Kaliyo snapped as she got practically in Jorgan's face.
"ENOUGH BOTH OF YOU!" Lana ordered as she used the force to separate them. "What happend that night?" She demanded.
"While I was talking my communicator got shot." Kaliyo held up the ruined device as proof. I manged to make it to the room before the Relay doors. I was working to get inside and setup some explosives that would take the door out. However HIS idiots came in with guns blazing and almost killed me in the process and caused more Skytroopers to start pouring in. We never got a chance to get into the relay room because of them. I manged to grab something though that looked useful."
"Yeh and because of you we got trapped in the relay station and they died because of your bombs!"
Theron was silent as he looked to Sam watching her listen to them wondering what she would do. He had seen the footage already and it made him sick.
"I had it under control...You should have stayed OUT of MY way!" Kaliyo snapped.
"What did you do." Senya demanded.
"I had to get creative they we're going to kill us or capture us if I didn't do something. I choose to take down the area we we're in and I thought I had it under control...I screwed up. My explosives went off and sent shrapnel flying all over. I grabbed him and pulled him down when I realized the mistake, but as we went to run through the hole I made they we're bleeding all over...So we dragged them back with us because he wouldn't let me leave them behind. Two of them got shot from behind as we reached the ship and the other one died on the way here." Kaliyo said, not apparently upset by the deaths she caused.
"Next time I'll remember that. You care about nobody but yourself. I refuse to work with you ever again! If you we're under me I would have your court marshaled and locked in the brig!" Jorgan looked at Samsara now and was a little caught off guard at the new attire, and color at that. "I expect YOU to do something about this." He said as he pointed at Kaliyo.
"She likes me buckethead. Her and I are both cold hard killers." Kaliyo mocked as she smirked at him turning that shit eating grin at Samsara.
"He's right...You need to punish her." Theron said in a calm manner, but he could feel something was off. He moved his hand out to touch Sam, but she had moved away from him. As he stood their watching her walk towards Kaliyo. She ignored Jorgan as Lana took his arm to guide him away. Senya and Koth remained with Theron to see what the Commander intended to do.
"What do you have to say for yourself Kaliyo?" She asked.
"I would do it again. Those idiots deserve what they got. I've killed many people before without remorse. I've seen your records as well. Impressive, but sad in a way because you always let women and children live." She mocked. "You know one day those kids could get big and strong and kill you...Nobody is innocent. I've been killing people since I was 7. I even killed my own mom poping out of her." She laughed.
Theron felt the air grow colder in the room. He saw something that didn't look good. Purple energy crackling at Sam's finger tips. Before they knew it Sam's hands rouse and a raw untrained power shot at Kaliyo sending the woman backwards into the wall making her scream in agony as a strong amber burned in Samsara's eyes as she channeled that new power again.
Lana and Jorgan who had been about to leave the room froze as they saw the look in Sam's eyes. Nobody could say anything as the only sound was Kaliyo's ungodly screams of agony as every nerve, every inch of her body was struck by that power. When Samsara was done her hands we're shaking as it seemed she was struggling to not kill Kaliyo. "Lock her in the brig and let her suffer from the pain I inflicted. If I ever HEAR of anyone killing innocent people in war I WILL kill you!" She snapped as she turned looking at them showing them the internal struggle she was having with this power.
"You better go to her." Koth said to Theron.
Theron moved closer to her without any form of hesitation as he saw her hands still crackling with power. "Nobody will, but I need you to clear your mind and focus..." Theron said moving over to her. "I know your morals, but we knew when we took Kaliyo in she had none...Your power is going to get out of control though and hurt someone if you aren't careful." Theron said as he placed his hands on her shoulder.
Samsara looked down at her hands as she saw the crackling power. It had felt so good to use it...She had wanted to kill Kaliyo to such a point she felt like she could have focused the power to crush the woman's heart. "I can't stay here...I have to leave." She said feeling her body shaking.
"No, I'm going with you. Whatever my mother said to you I don't care and Revan can go to hell. You need someone to keep you from falling and being lost to all of us and me. You made a promise to me and you will honor that promise." Theron said as he took her left hand and held it up for her to see ignoring the pain from the crackling at her fingertips as the ring was in her line of vision. "You and I are going to get married after you complete that training with Revan and I will not marry a psychopathy." He warned her as he locked his eyes with hers.
Theron's words seemed to hit her full force as she saw the ring on her finger. The crystals glittering in the light as she knew it's creation and how people in this base had helped him make it into what it was for them. Slowly the uncontrolled power faded away from her fingertips as she grabbed Theron tightly hiding her face in his neck. He could feel tears on his neck and breathed a sign of relief as he wrapped his around around her knowing her struggles we're about to get worse if they didn't go to Yavin soon.
"Get Kaliyo out of here and lock her up and prep my ship with two months of supplies for two people. I'm leaving here with her tonight for Yavin to get her to Revan before this power of hers gets out of control." Theron said in a commanding tone as he saw the look Lana gave him she didn't approve of this, but now Lana understood what she met.
'If I get out of control put me down before I'm no longer myself.' That was not the woman she knew from before. That had been someone else for those few short seconds as she tortured Kaliyo.
"You heard him. Lock her in the brig, and begin preparing the ship. This is a journey the rest of us will not be able to take with them." Lana said as she and the others would leave the room and take Kaliyo with them.
Theron waited till they we're gone before he finally spoke to her. "Look, I know this isn't going to be easy for us, but I have a feeling if I let you go alone something like this might happen and Revan isn't in a body anymore and can't fully stop you like he did before when we we're trying to stop him from destroying the whole Galaxy and when we come back and you are stronger you and I are going to those falls with the others and having a private ceremony so you know you will always have me beside you in life and death. I have no plans to go anyway and if I die before you I'll come back and haunt you to accomplish those goals."
Lifting her head her makeup had smeared slightly from crying she had done. Kaliyo had triggered a dangerous point in her and admitting to such a thing had triggered a part of her to shut down as she wanted nothing more than to kill that woman. Theron's voice was the only thing that drew her back from that raw power. "I hurt you..." She said seeing his hand as she took it with of her hands seeing the angry red raw marks.
"It's nothing, I've had way worse trust me. Look Kaliyo was out of line for what she said, but I'm glad you did the right thing and didn't kill her. I think she will consider from now on what she says if she knows whats good for her. Come on, lets go back to our room. I'll pack what essentials we need and you rest. I can feel your body trembling from that power. Is this what is coming to life in you from the power he has given to you?"
"I don't know...I just know when I use it I feel like I'm lost because it is not in my power to control. If you hadn't got between us and spoke I don't think I could have stopped until I was done with her." She admitted.
Theron listened as he watched her eyes, he could see no lies in them. Even if he couldn't use the force he felt a strong connection to this woman since Yavin and could tell when she lied and was being truthful with him. Without warning he picked her up bridal style catching her off guard as he looked at her. "Just rest and forget about what happend. Once we get to Yavin Revan can hopefully light the final path for you and we can win this war and be done for good." Theron said.
"Even if we win this war and when we have all sensed pass only more wars will come and nobody will bother to look at why we did what we did to prevent them." Sam said as she began to feel her eyelids growing heavy.
Theron looked at her as he carried her to their room. "We'll be bones or ashes if that happens hopefully. You and I have a future planned out where peace will hopefully follow." Theron smiled as he looked at her he noticed she had fallen asleep. Her fingers curled into the leather jacket as if seeking his protection or to ensure herself he was their. When he made it to their quarters he had to unzip his leather jacket and shrug it off and place her on the bed letting her cling to it. Theron sat on the bed watching her sleep for a few minutes before he looked up to see HK-55 looking at him. "Hey HK-55 can you keep an eye on her for me please and inform me when she awakens?" Theron asked as he stood up.
"Statement: Of course I will watch over my Mistress, Master. I greatly enjoyed watching her punish the meat bag." The droid admitted.
Theron was a little surprised to hear that. "I didn't even see you in the hanger."
"Statement: I am working on my stealth to better be of use to my Mistress in the coming war Master. Her safety is my top priority as you had requested to be put into my programming." HK-55 stated, "She is also good to me and treats me like you fleshy meat bags." He added.
Theron nodded as he listened it made sense as he had actually harvested core remains of HK-47 for the Doc to repair HK-55 for Sam. At least he knew if he couldn't be with her this droid would faithfully protect her to the end as he had done before. Moving over to HK-55 he placed his hand on the droids shoulder. "I leave her in your hands HK-55, if she awakens alert me on the usual channel please and be ready to leave when we do. You will have to go where I cannot with her." With those words Theron would leave the room, the door shutting behind him as the droid watched his Master leave to tend to matters.
Theron moved through the base to the war council room and he found Lana, Senya, and Koth all gathered around the table talking about what they had seen in the hanger bay. "Care to fill me in on what you are talking about?" Theron questioned as he folded his arms over his chest.
Senya looked up as she didn't see a point in lying. "That power...It was different from anything I have ever seen." Senya admitted.
"That power is raw and controlled, but it reminded me of what Revan's power was like." Lana said.
"It is Revan's power." Theron said as he removed the leather glove to reveal the bad burns on his hand. "Her's is raw and uncontrolled and because of her own...Bloodline it makes sense after 300 years it would awaken in the last Rand ancestor connected to the Exile." He said as he felt Lana take hsi hand inspecting the burns.
"I don't like the idea of her learning anything from Revan Theron. Even if he became good in the end their is no good she could learn from him." Lana said looking at Theron.
"He is our last shot to help her. She has taken worlds for The Empire, she saved Makeb from destruction and innocent lives. She's saved people she didn't have to. It's time WE help her before we lose her Lana. This woman is NOT able to cope leading this Alliance and trying to find what path she has to walk. Nobody here can help her clearly. Not you, not I, Senya, or Koth. She isn't a Sith Lord Anymore Lana and you need to stop forcing her to think the Sith ways are the only way she can win this war. Two months Lana is all I ask. It's time she focuses on herself and those of us that formed this Alliance for HER work to help her out instead of looking to her to fix all the problems of the past five years." Theron said as he held his ground firmly.
"I don't know much about Sam, but that day I found her in the Medical bay she was a wreck. She was upset about the droid getting killed and she didn't know where she fit in anymore. She however spoke about you being the one thing she wanted to find more than anything and a life she dreamed of while she was locked up sleeping away. I've seen more life in her when she is around you than when she was with us." Koth admitted as he looked at Lana. "I only saw some footage of that Battle on Yavin with this Revan guy, but if the spirit of Revan can help her I'm fine with her going to learn to control that power." Koth was more than willing to give his support to the Commander after she had proven herself to him.
"I will admit I'm afraid of that power I witnessed, but it felt like some of it was Valkorion's as well. I agree to let Samsara leave here to train under the spirit as well. Otherwise if she loses site of who she is I don't think she could bare harming people close to her with it." Senya calmly said showing her support.
Lana listened to the others only to sigh, "When we we're playing Pazaak in the Cantina she told me if she lost site of who she was and become a monster. She wanted us to end her so we would remember her for who she used to be and not a monster...I understand all to well now after that incident in the hanger she needs to leave here. I already have your ship being prepared with supplies and other items needed for Yavin. The only demand I have of you both in twice a week check ins for her progress." Lana requested.
"If I'm able I can do those, but I'm glad we have an understanding this has to happen." Theron said.
"Oh and one thing..." Koth added as he looked at Senya. "You said you wanted a small ceremony on those falls?" He asked.
Theron blinked caught off guard by the change of topic. "Yeh that was the plan."
"When you guys come back and we know you will. We'll have everything in order for that private ceremony for you both." Senya smiled at Theron.
"Yeh, just don't expect a fancy feast." Koth added.
"If Samsara is going to find her new path to win this war it would make sense the past ends with her joining your families at last and Lord Sigma can finally die to be reborn as Samsara Shan." Lana added.
"Or the future Eternal Empress of Zakuul." Koth said.
After a few hours we're spent planning out what to do over the next two months Theron, Lana, Senya, and Koth worked out what to do and how to try to increase the numbers. Samsara despite hating her job duties had a nicely detailed data-log of things she wanted to do that Theron sliced into for them to see what she'd been secretly scheming. After the meeting was finished between the four of them Theron returned to his shared quarters and packed what few articles of clothing they would need for the jungles.
When Samsara awkened she made sure to double check Theron packed what she would need for lurking in the jungles of Yavin. When they we're done packing the two of them and HK-55 went topside to where Theron's ship was normally left at. Her own still undergoing repairs since it had been not properly taken care of in the time it was dumped by her former companions.
As they loaded their bags on the ship HK-55 moved up inside to await for them. "Are you ready for this?" Theron asked looking at Sam.
Looking at Theron and to the base that had come to be their home she saw people even at this late hour hustling around. Jedi and Sith apprentices training outside under the moonlight as the hum of lightsabers echoed in the darkness. "I hate to admit it, but I will miss it here, but if we don't go now...I will be a threat to everyone on this base if I don't seek the help I need for my power." She said looking down at her hands.
He took hold of her hands between his, "You will find the answers their on Yavin. Once you accomplish this hurdle I have no doubts you will stumble anymore and your head will be clearly and you'll hopefully be Mrs. Shan as well." He added in.
"I might run and not want to get married..." She half joked.
"I'll just chase you, you're not the only one HK-55 listens to." He grinned as he took her hand leading her up the ramp to the ship. Once the two we're settled in and seated Theron's ship lifted up into the air leaving Odessen and three figures standing on the platform watching as the ship faded into the night sky.
However they weren't the only ones watching it seemed. Another was watching the events closely since the display of power in the cave, "At last you are realizing your full potential..." Valkorion said to himself as he watched the ship vanishing.
To Be Continued...
